Sead Mahmutefendic
The theme of the novel represents the climax and the eve of the fall of the communist system in Yugoslavia, that is, in its central part, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a totalitarian ideological pattern and practice, which psychologically incarnate the soul and tissue of characters in a provincial Bosnian town ranging from the late forties to late the eighties of this century. Between the passage of trains alongside his switch house, Salko Pirija is playing one children’s game 'Cowboys and Indians'. This is the time of the conflict between Tito and Stalin, and therefore the local authorities accuse him of propagating America with that game, that is, 'rotting the West' and 'rotting capitalism'.Professor from Sarajevo University, dr. Senadin Lavic told this novel that he and South Slavic literature in Salka Pirija had their Don Quijote, and in Sead Mahmutefendic they have their own Cervantes. This is confirmed by three novels translated into English and published in xLibris.If you can, make a photo shop from these two photos. Winnetou and Old Sheterhand should stand behind a switch house.
